Rodent pest infestation prevention assembly

DETAILED DESCRIPTION The present invention provides a rodent pest infestation prevention assembly designed to satisfy the aforementioned need in the prior art.
The rodent pest infestation prevention assembly of the present invention operates by surrounding and thereby providing a barrier which protects any of a variety of items against invasions of rodent pests such as mice, rats and the like.
The rodent pest infestation prevention assembly particularly provides a user with an effective, compact and yet comprehensive solution for the problem of rodent pest infestation by preventing the rodent pests from reaching and thereby gaining access to the protected items.
Accordingly, the present invention is directed to a rodent pest infestation prevention assembly, comprising: (a) an elongated wall for surrounding a predetermined area and having a pair of opposite end portions, a pair of opposite top and bottom edges and a pair of opposite inner and outer surfaces; (b) means for fastening the opposite ends of the wall to one another so as to make the wall a substantially continuous structure extending about the predetermined area; and (c) means for maintaining the wall in an upright position.
More particularly, the wall is an elongated flexible flat strip comprised of a substantially plastic material and having any desired length depending upon the size of the predetermined area to be enclosed.
The fastening means includes at least a pair and preferably a plurality of spaced apart top and bottom slits formed in the wall.
The top slits are generally disposed closer to one of the opposite end portions of the wall and extend from the top edge interiorly through the wall and downwardly toward but spaced inwardly from the bottom edge of the wall.
The bottom slits are generally disposed closer to the other of the opposite end portions of the wall and extend from the bottom edge interiorly through the wall and upwardly toward but spaced inwardly from the top edge of the wall.
The opposite end portions of the wall are brought into an interlocked connected relationship with one another by intermeshing the end portions together at the locations of at least a selected one top slit and a selected one bottom slit of the wall such that the top and bottom edges of the wall are placed into a substantially flush relation with one another extending from one opposite end portion to the other opposite end portion of the wall and so that the opposite end portions of the wall overlap with one another